NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi issued a stark warning to Pakistan on Friday saying that armed forces would not exercise any restraint “like in Operation Sindoor 1.0” if the neighbouring nation did not stop “state-sponsored terrorism.” “This time we will not maintain the restraint that we did in Operation Sindoor 1.0… this time we will do something that Pakistan will have to think whether it wants to be in the Geography or not. If Pakistan wants to be Geography then it must stop state-sponsored terrorism,” he said.
This comes a day after defence minister Rajnath Singh raised concerns over Sir Creek and blamed Pakistan’s intentions for stalled dialogue, even 78 years after independence. He categorically said that any attempt by Pakistan would be met with strong measures.”The Indian Army and BSF are jointly and vigilantly protecting the borders of India. If any misadventure is attempted from the Pakistan side in the Sir Creek area, it will receive such a decisive response that both history and geography will change. In the 1965 war, the Indian Army had demonstrated the capability to reach Lahore. Today in 2025, Pakistan should remember that one route to Karachi passes through the creek,” Rajnath had said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has clarified at several times that India has merely paused its military action and remains prepared to respond decisively to any future terror attacks.Earlier in the day, Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh dismissed the neighbouring nation’s claims of downing Indian fighter jets during the operations terming them “sweet fantasies (manohar kahaniyan).” He said that India destroyed 4-5 Pakistani fighter jets during the operation.”If they think they shot down 15 of my jets, let them think about it. I hope they’re convinced about it, and they will cater for 15 less aircraft in my inventory when they come to fight again. So why should I talk about it? Even today, I won’t say anything about what happened, how much damage was done, how it happened, because let them find out,” he said.”Have you seen a single picture where something fell on any of our airbases, something hit us, a hangar was destroyed, or anything like that? We showed so many pictures of their places. However, they couldn’t show us even a single picture. So their narrative is ‘Manohar Kahaniyan’. Let them be happy, after all, they also have to show something to their audience to save their reputation. That doesn’t matter to me,” he added.Pakistan has repeatedly claimed that it shot down multiple Indian fighter jets following India’s launch of Operation Sindoor, a military action carried out in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 tourists.
